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Aug. 4, 2022

50. Los Angeles: Catalina Island is everything and a Must-Do!

OMG Catalina was awesome. Don't be like Johnny Mac and book your ferry in advance so you can spend more than 4 hours there! It's a beautiful seaside resort thing with no cars and lots of restaurants and it is …

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July 28, 2022

49. 48 More Hours in Los Angeles - Long Beach, inside Griffith Observ…

Johnny Mac is back out in LA on another whirlwind trip, this time with the wife in tow. They hit the inside of Griffith Observatory (open on Friday), grabbed some great ices in Malibu, checked out Santa Monica Pier in …

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July 21, 2022

48. Best getaway spot on the Jersey Shore? Long Beach Island NJ

You've heard about Atlantic City (skip) and Springsteen sang about Asbury Park (skip) - get your head out of bed early and drive down the Garden State Parkway to Long Beach Island (LBI) - you can still listen to Bruce …

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July 14, 2022

47. Purgatory Chasm and the Beaches of New England

This week lets head north from home base and check out the beaches of New England...including Purgatory Chasm which sounds pretty scary! Plus ICE CREAM!!!

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July 7, 2022

46. Skip Coney Island and the Hamptons and hit these NYC-LI-NJ beache…

A look at some of the beaches in and around New York City, Long Island and New Jersey. If you're hitting Coney Island and the Hamptons you are doing it all wrong.

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June 30, 2022

45. 48 Hours in Los Angeles: USC, UCLA, Santa Monica Pier and a drive…

Johnny Mac visits the campuses of USC and UCLA, drives up to Malibu and spends some time at the Santa Monica Pier.

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June 23, 2022

44. 48 Hours in Los Angeles: Griffith Park, Griffith Observatory, Ang…

A pretty nice day in Los Angeles checking out the Angels Flight railway, discovering the Grand Central Market, checking out the Walt Disney Concert Hall and then hitting Griffith Park and the Griffith Observatory to see the Hollywood sign. Then …

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June 16, 2022

43. Less Obvious Trip Ideas: Youngstown Ohio

Here in Northeast Ohio, there's an Irish festival, an Italian festival, an Oktoberfest, the Wizard of Odds antiques, an Amish farmers market, and a 150 year old ice cream recipe....oh and donuts!

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June 9, 2022

42. Less Obvious Trip Ideas: Toledo Ohio

Giraffes? A brewery tour? Kayaks? An old style Drive In Movie Theater? Let's check out Toledo!

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June 2, 2022

41. Los Angeles: Best Places to Instagram

Johnny Mac does some planning for an upcoming trip to Los Angeles - but this one is focused on Instagram.

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May 26, 2022

40. Summer Road Trips: drive the Pacific Coast Highway

Let's head out from San Francisco and make our way down the Pacific Coast Highway...keep the ocean on your right shoulder, and don't do the trip on a Tuesday.

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May 19, 2022

39. Things to do in San Francisco

Let's start off at the Ferry Terminal and make our way along the Embarcadero, check out the Presidio and Golden Gate Park...hit up Little italy for some food....and we haven't even been on a trolley yet!

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May 12, 2022

38. Las Vegas Trip: Zion National Park, Utah (What to do outside Las …

We leave Las Vegas and Nevada and take the 2.5 hour beautiful drive up I-15 to Zion National Park in Utah...which just may be even better than The Grand Canyon. We meet Whitaker and Kenny who tell us a little …

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May 5, 2022

37. Las Vegas Trip: Red Rock Canyon is awesome and half an hour away …

You're gonna need a car, and you will need to make reservations (most of the year) but being just half an hour (if that) from the Strip, combined with how gorgeous it is, you must do Red Rock Canyon.

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April 28, 2022

36. Las Vegas Trip: Fremont Street (What NOT to do in Las Vegas)

Johnny Mac heads out to Fremont Street which seems like it's straight of Blade Runner meets the night before the comet hits the Earth. That's a bust so he has off to In and Out Burger and buys a sweatshirt …

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April 21, 2022

35. Las Vegas Trip: leaving Hoover Dam and looking for Lake Mead's sc…

Johnny Mac drives across Hoover Dam and finds the road is closed. So he heads back toward Lake Mead....and finds the road is closed. But Boulder City was nice.

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April 14, 2022

34. Las Vegas Trip: Hoover Dam (What to do outside Las Vegas)

Join Johnny Mac as he amuses himself crossing back and forth crossing between Nevada and Arizona and the Pacific and Mountain Time Zones. Also Hoover Dam is really cool and an easy drive from The Strip.

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April 7, 2022

33. Las Vegas Trip: Death Valley (What to do outside Las Vegas)

At Death Valley you will quickly come to Zabriskie Point, be sure to do it. Furnace Creek is OK. Make sure you drive all the way out to the dunes as that's the best part, and don't skip Dante's Peak. …

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March 31, 2022

32. Las Vegas Trip: The drive to Death Valley (What to do outside Las…

Let's head on up US 95 to Death Valley...on the way we'll see.....a lot of nothing, and it is awesome.

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March 24, 2022

30. Las Vegas Trip: a walking tour of the Las Vegas Strip

We had north out of the Excalibur, past the seedy stuff on the east side of Las Vegas Blvd for finally finding the beautiful Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens.

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March 17, 2022

29. Things to do when you have Six Hours in Biarritz France

A shorter episode this week because I was in Biarritz France once, and it was AWESOME, but I was only there for six hours. That beautiful beach that I have ranked #3 in the world? THERE'S NO TIME!!! Let's walk …

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March 10, 2022

28. Things to do in San Sebastian, the most beautiful place you haven…

San Sebastian is gorgeous, with my #1 ranked best beach in the world. Come for the coast, stay for the nightlife and the pintxos. What a great place.....

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March 3, 2022

27. Things to do on your travel trip to Barcelona Spain

Barcelona has great food, great beaches and great architecture. Visit Las Ramblas, The Gothic Quarter, La Sagrada Familia, Barcolenta Beach, and get your walking shoes on to see this great city!

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Feb. 25, 2022

27. Things to do in Paris - Visit Versailles! (Day Three)

Hop the train for an easy fun day trip to Versailles. You will be overwhelmed by the opulence, but the true gem is the gardens where you'll meet a Swan with some swagger, and then top off the day with …

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